National String Instrument Corporation

The National String Instrument Corporation was an American guitar company first formed to manufacture banjos and then the original resonator guitars. National also produced resonator ukuleles and resonator mandolins. The company merged with Dobro to form the "National Dobro Company", then becoming a brand of Valco until it closed in 1968.

For the company founded in 1989, see National Reso-Phonic Guitars.
National String Instrument Corp.
TypePrivate
IndustryMusical instruments
Founded1927 in Los Angeles, California, United States
FounderJohn Dopyera
George Beauchamp
Defunct1932 (1932)
(merged with Dobro)
FateMerged with Dobro, company then acquired by Valco
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States
ProductsResonator guitars, resonator mandolins, resonator ukuleles
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